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Research Interests
The inclusive workplace; Neurodivergence; Disability; Employability; Heathcare; Community Support; The agile organisation; Workplace Wellbeing ; productivity; Public Leadership; Evaulation; Psychometric measures; Workplace Resilience ; Measures of employability; Impact of technology on good health
Biography
Dr Christine Grant, AFBPs, FHEA, is a Chartered and HCPC registered Occupational Psychologist, and Associate Professor, Centre for Healthcare Research. Her main research focus is exploring the inclusive workplace, how to support sustainable employment for neuordivergent/disabled people. The agile organisation and how remote working can support goo health. Developing and utlising pychometric measures in organisational settings. Christine is also a lead researcher in the psychology of remote working and has published in this area, and been quoted recently in several media articles including recently The Conversation and radio shows including BBC news
She has also developed, through her PhD the E-Work Life scale that enables individuals and organisations to measure the impact and quality of remote working, tihs has been globally utilised.
Area of Expertise:
Occupational and Health Psychology
Web site: https://www.ework-life.com/
Twitter:@grantmsc
Vision Statement
My research is inspired by the inclusive workplace, working with neurodivergent and disabiled people to find ways to gain employment and to sustain work. The link between the agile orgnisation, good health and employability is a growing influence in current and future work. My work has devleoped scales to measure the impact of remote working and to develop toolkits to aid line managers better support marginalised populations of workers. It has also focussed on competency frameworks for digtial worjers, helping to support digital resilience.
Education/Academic qualification
Occupational Psychology, MSc, University of Leicester
1 Nov 2001 → 11 Jan 2003
Award Date: 1 Feb 2004
External positions
External Examiner, Occupational and Work Psychology, University of Leicester
1 Mar 2015 → 1 Mar 2019
Chartership Supervisor, Occupational Psychology qualification , British Psychological Society
1 Jan 2015 → …
Assessor, Chartership Occupational Psychology, British Psychological Society
1 Jan 2011 → 1 Jan 2016
Keywords
- BF Psychology
- remote working
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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ESRC IAA: Development of a toolkit for on-site neurodivergent workers
Grant, C. (Principal Investigator)
3/09/25 → 8/09/26
Project: Internally funded project
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Commercialising the E Work Life scale
Grant, C. (Principal Investigator)
Project: Internally funded project
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ESRC IAA Development of a Toolkit for Line Managers of disabled/neurodivergent remote workers
Grant, C. (Principal Investigator)
9/12/24 → 31/07/25
Project: Internally funded project
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R4All: Disability, neurodiversity, and remote e-working: Promoting the creation of an inclusive workplace. ‘Remote for All’ (R4All)
Grant, C. (Principal Investigator), Tramontano, C. (Co-Investigator) & Charalampous, M. (Co-Investigator)
1/09/21 → 31/08/22
Project: Research
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Development of a Digital Resilience Competency Framework
Grant, C. (Principal Investigator)
1/11/20 → 1/06/21
Project: Research
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Exploring Midwives' and Nurse-Midwives' Professional Identity and How Midwifery May Be Best Represented in the Public Realm: A Global Convergent Parallel Mixed-Methods Study
Pezaro, S., Zarbiv, G., Jones, J., Lilei Feika, M., Fitzgerald, L., Lukele, S., McMillan-Bohler, J., Baloyi, O. B., Maravic Da Silva, K., Grant, C., Bayliss-Pratt, L. & Hardtman, P., Jun 2025, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing. 81, 6, p. 3283-3295 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Meeting the needs of Disabled/Neurodivergent Remote Workers: Developing a Line Manager’s toolkit
Grant, C., 23 May 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Technical Seminar Key Findings: Supporting health and activity for a longer working life, London, United Kingdom, 15–16 May 2025
Grant, C., 1 Jun 2025, International Social Security Association. 11 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report › peer-review
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The Inclusive Workplace: Home-based/Hybrid work & Wellbeing
Grant, C., 15 May 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Understanding sickness presenteeism: causes, risks and solutions: guidelines series
Kinman, G. & Grant, C., 31 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Occupational medicine (Oxford, England). (In-Press), p. (In-Press) 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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Disability, neurodiversity, and remote working: Promoting the creation of an inclusive workplace ‘Remote for All’ (R4All)
Grant, C. (Speaker)
8 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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University of Sussex Business School
Grant, C. (Visiting researcher)
1 Sept 2021Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (Journal)
Grant, C. (Peer Reviewer)
1 Nov 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Transdisciplinary e-resilience conference
Grant, C. (Organising Committee)
21 Apr 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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British Psychological Society Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference
Grant, C. (Speaker)
7 Jan 2015 → 9 Jan 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Prizes
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Coventry University Covid-19 Award
Grant, C. (Recipient), 21 Mar 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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The Vice-Chancellors Award for Excellence in Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Grant, C. (Recipient), 24 Jun 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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How to Help Neurodivergent and Disabled People Flourish while Working from Home
3/09/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Thesis
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The development of an 'actionable' E-Work life scale with reference to self reported well-being and job effectiveness
Grant, C. (Author), Wallace, L. (Supervisor) & Spurgeon, P. (Supervisor), 2011Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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